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Patented Aug. 22, 1893.

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UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FELTMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,846, dated August 22, 1893.

" Application led December 12, 1892. Serial No. 454,806. (No model.)

To all whom tm/ay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FELTMAN, of New Yorkl city, New York, have invented an Improved Bottling-Machine, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to a bottling machine of novel construction and designed to charge and cork the bottles by operating a pair of treadles.

The machine is so constructed that it is automatic in all its actions, works with great rapidity and accuracy and may be adjusted so as to regulate its stroke and also the charge which it is to deliver to the bottles.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is an elevation of my improved bottling machine; Fig. 2 a section on line x, Fig. l; Fig. 3 a side view partly in section of the foot levers, showing the parts in a dierent position from Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a section through valve casing e; Fig. 5 avertical longitudinal section of the balancing platform that supports the bottles; Fig. 6 a top view thereof. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the upper part of the machine with the slide c', lowered, and Fig. 8 a detail vertical central section through the cylinder p.

The letter a, represents the frame or bench of the machine that supports two iXed upwardly projecting bars b, connected on top by a cross bar bf.- Through perforations of table a, there extends furthermore a pair of bars c, connected on top by a cross arm or charging slide c', and at the bottom by a cross arm c2. A second pair of bars d, also extends through the table a, and is connected Y on top bya cross arm or corking slide d',

and at the bottom by a cross arm d2. Of the parts so far described, thecross arm b', carries the valve that controls the discharge of charged water, the cross arm c', carries the pump that controls the discharge of sirup and the cross arm d', carries the corking plungers.

The valve on the cross arm b', is composed of a suitable casinge, within which there are contained the revoluble or sliding perforated disks e', e2. The disk e', is secured to a shaft e3, embraced by the perforated end of an arm e4, (Fig. 7) which in turn by rod e5, is connected to charging slide c. Thus by operating the slide the disk e', is moved so that its opening registers with the opening of disk e2, and the charged water admitted th rough inlet pipe f, into the valve casing, is free to pass through the valve and out of the outlet pipe f', t0 enter by coupling f2, the charging nozzles g, secured to slide c'. These nozzles are 'controlled by suitable stop cocks g.

To control the quantity of water that flows Athrough the valve e, the perforated arm e4,is secured to the shaft e3, by aset screw e6. By shifting the arm upon the shaft the play of the valve disk e', can be altered at pleasure.

The valve disk e2, is provided with a shaft e7, surrounded by spring es, and connected to an arm e9, having pin elo. This pin en ters an elongated eye h', of a bar h, secured to the corking slide d. The object of this connection is to close the valve by the last part of the descent of the corking slide, a trifle before the disk e', is turned back by the ascent of the charging slide, and therefore to cut the flow of water off before the cork is forced into the bott-le.

. To the slide c', there is secured a pump cylinderp, which reciprocates with the slide. It receives sirup through inlet p', having check valve p2, and discharges the sirup through outlet p3, having check valve p4, into nozzles g. The piston p5, of the pump is fixed and secured to a fixed piston rod p6. Thus upon a descent ofthe cylinder, the sirup is sucked into it through the inlet and upon an ascent of the cylinder the sirup is ejected into the nozzles through the outlet.

The two slides d', and c', are operated by means of two co-operating treadles in the following manner: The cross arm c2, of bars c, is provided with perforated lugs c3, to which there is hinged a slotted treadle i, turning on pivot c4. To the treadle is pivotally secured vone end of a jointed or knee bar j, the other end of which is pivotally secured to table a.

The upper section of knee-bar j, is provided with a nose j', and the lower section is provided with a rod y2, surrounded by spring js. The rod y2, is engaged by a slide jl, adapted to compress the spring and operated by the treadle fi, by means of the linked slotted bar js, to which it is rigidly connected. This bar is by arm f5, secured to a fixed support y, The eye in bar jf, is entered into by a pin j?, secured to treadle z'. To the ends of cross arm IOO d, is provided with the perforated lugs d3, to

which there is hinged a treadle Z, turning on pivot l. The cross armd is furthermore provided with a roller or projection d4, adapted to engage the nose j', upon the descent of the coi-king slide as will be hereinafter more fully described. To the cross arm4 d2, there is also attached a lever m, turning on hanger m', and carrying adjustable counterweight m2.'

The bottles A, to be chargedare placed upon a counterbalancing scale consisting of a scale frame n, provided with a fulcrum n', by which it rests upon a plate n2.. The scale frame in,

l `is provided with a pair of pivoted platforms n3, upon which the bottles are placed and between which and' plate n2, the leaf springs n, are interposed.. The plate n2, is supported upon coiled springs ln7,surrounding guide pins a5, and received within a telescoping casing nu, attached to table a.'

The rods'd, are provided with adjustable j collars o', which limit the stroke of the Gorki; ing slide and hold the plate n2 down againstj" action' of springs n", upon the descent of the corking slide, so that there is no counterpressr ure to be overcome by the plungers q, secured to the slide, when they bear'upon the corks. L

vThe rods b, are provided with adjustable collars o2, that define the vertical elevatiouof.` the plate n2, above table a, while the rods c,

ai'e provided with adjustable collars of,v beneath the table a, to limit the upward motion ofrods c. j j

The operation-of the machine is as follows:

The bottles A, to be charged are placed upon the coiinterbalancing platforms fn", and then the treadle z', is depressed Ito draw down the charging slide c. 'The descent of the slide c',

will cause firstly a descent of cylinder p, upon its piston p5, to force the sirup contained inf the cylinder, through ou-tlet p3, into the nozzles g, and thus into the bottles. Secondly, i

the slide c', by rod e5, will open the valve e, to admit the charged water into the nozzle g, and consequently into the bottl'es. The depression of the treadle z', will have caused the jointed bar j, which had previously been bent f (Fig. 8) to assume a straight position (Fig. v2 (aided by spring js) and thus thetreadle will be locked by said bar in its lowermost posi'- tion, and against the action of counterweights k3, which had been raised by the descent of the treadle. After the treadle vl, has thus iinished its downward motion, the foot is removed therefrom and placed upon treadle L, to draw the corking slide d down. The downward motion of this slide, will cause .the rod h, toV descend, and when the eve h. has travi eled Yits own length, it will grasp pin elo, to

charged water. This `takes place immediately held upon the bottles into the same, so that liquid will not squirt out ofthe nozzles. The depression of treadle Z, willcause a downward motion of roller d4, and an engagement of the rollerwith the nose j. This engagement will cause the elbow barj, to be bent and to thus unlock treadle-fi, which will at once fly upward under the action of the counter'weights k3. Thus the charging slide c', is raised and the. valve disk e', revolved to be in proper position for the next operation. As soon as the descent of the treadle l, is completed, and the bottles have beenV properly charged and corked, the foot is takeno the treadle l, and

the latter will iy up underthe action of its counterweight mito place all the lparts ofA thel machine back into their normal position, ready for thetiHing of asecond pair of bottles. The counterbalancing platform will equalize the strain or pressure upon both bottles and cause a balanced operation of the entire ina chine. Y

Myinvention works rapidly and accurately and can be adjusted with the greatest nicety. What I claim is l. In a bottling machine the combination of a charging slide with a sirup pump secured thereto and with a water valve previded with a perforated movable disk that is connected tothe charging slide Vsubstantially as specified.

f with two perforated disks, ofwhich one is operated by the charging .slide and the other by the ,corking slide, substantially as specitied.

4. In a bottling Vmachine the combination of a charging lslide vhaving nozzles with a water inlet valve composed of a pair of perforated disks and which are connected to said nozzles, substantially as specied.

5. The combination of a charging slide and,

corking slide, with a `pair ofv perforated -disks andwith a rod having an elongated eye h', secured to the coi-king slide-and operating one of said disks, substantially Vas specified.

6. The combination of a charging slide and j corking slide, with a pair of treadles for 4eperating the same and with a knee bar j, having nose j', that locks thechargin-g treadle and a projection d, that engages said nose upon the descent of the corking treadle, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of a charging vslide and a corking slide with va pair of treadles, a knee bar j, and counterweights operated by one of said treadles and a projection d4, and

8. The combination of a charging-slide and Va corking .slide with a pair of treadles, a before the plungers q, arrive at a position to 1 engage and force the corks that have beenv knee bar j, having nose j,rod 72, spring ja, and slide j", substantially as s-pecied.

9. The vcombination of a fulcrumed scale IOC IIO

counterweight `m2, operated by the fother4 treadle, substantially as specified. close the valve e, and cutoff the supply of;V

1l'. In a bottling machine the combination of the following elements: a charging slide, a corking slide, a water valve, a sirup'valve, corking plungers, a pair of treadles, and mechl 5 anism for causing one treadle to release the other treadle, substantially as specied.

GEORGE FELTMAN.

WVitnesses F. v. BRIESEN, WM. SCHULZ. 

